Common Birds in Dorset
Our list for Dorset has 102 common birds recorded regularly there: 67 residents, 16 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Dorset in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 102, most common first
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made